The Strangest Motorcycle Comparison Ever – On Two Wheels

The wait is finally over, Motorcyclist magazine’s On Two Wheels show returns for 2019 and picks up where the old cast left off. For the new season, the show doubles down on talent, er, or lack thereof, with the cast growing to four hosts. Learn more about the new cast of clowns on

In episode one, these miscreants introduce themselves to the YouTube world before settling into a set of challenges aboard a hodgepodge of motorcycles. To make things interesting, each of the guys rides a different type of machine that they claim best represents their personality and genre of riding they enjoy most.

Their motorcycles range from a friendly and affordable 286cc-powered Honda CB300R to a supercharged 998cc Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX SE sport-touring bike. Then there’s a 700-plus-pound Harley-Davidson Heritage Classic and a motorcycle that really isn’t even a motorcycle: the three-wheel-equipped and Russian-made Ural.

The first challenge sees the boys drag race on a private airstrip. Of course, chaos ensues. Let’s just say horsepower isn’t everything…

Because everyone loves adventure (well, almost everyone) the guys load their bikes with camping equipment. As you’d expect, some struggle more than others. On the way to camp they detour across a curvy hillside fire road. Things go sideways for all of them. Does everyone stay upright? Tune in to find out.

For the third challenge, the guys battle it out at the gas pump, with a game of “fuel mileage chicken,” a contest seemingly built for Waheed’s fuel-sipping CB. But will Gilbert and Gales outmuscle him? Will Dawes’ use the Ural’s passenger accommodation to carry an extra jug of fuel? Stay tuned for a surprise. After more wrong turns than the guys will likely admit they arrive at camp for the evening.

Apart from cheating and petty bickering I enjoyed this. Wasn’t expecting to see something with the potential of measuring up to Zack and Ari but this definitely could once the pressure is off and it doesn’t have to be ‘perfect’. Also, you need someone who’d bring an adventure bike or scrambler to this test 😉 Keep it up, looking forward to the next episode!

I watch a lot of motorcycle content, and I think this might be one of the best motorcycle videos out there, I mean I haven’t seen such well-rounded content in a long time. You have one more subscriber, one of so many more to come for sure.

I liked this a lot. I can see this developing into some awesome content as all the new hosts represent different parts of the rider population. If it plays out this way I’d be interested to see how they all react to being put into specific bike worlds. For example, seeing the cruiser heritage dude on sport bikes, or sport bike dude on a dual sport. Also common peeps, of course it’s scripted, this is polished commercial content. Doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy it like the many other scripted shows we watch.

Adam and Morgan are the ones. Let those two run this thing. Sport bike guy is terrible on the mic and camera, give him exposure and practice on a smaller platform. The other guy should stay in the editing room he was a fucking cornball.

This is exactly the kind of comparo test I have always wished bike magazines would do. If I’ve already made up my mind I want a 600cc sport bike, then sure, tell me which of four nearly identical ones is best. But if I can’t figure out which *one* bike will accommodate all the kinds of riding I do, I want to see the strengths and weaknesses of a bunch of very different bikes. Let me decide which compromises I’m willing to accept – and every bike compromises somewhere.